Pontoon Boat & Deck Boat Forum

Is there any? Or is their one price their one price?

I think they all have room for movement on pice. How much depends if the unit is new or used, or is it the beginning or ending of the boating season.

I looked at boat show msrp vs. boat show price, then offered several percentage points less on a custom order.

Treat Marine Max like any used car salesman who'd screw their dying mother. I walked away from them and bought from another dealer. Telling that salesman he lost the sale, arguable, could have been the highlight of buying my boat.

Good luck. Bargain hard.

zoom650 wrote:I think they all have room for movement on pice. How much depends if the unit is new or used, or is it the beginning or ending of the boating season.

I looked at boat show msrp vs. boat show price, then offered several percentage points less on a custom order.

Treat Marine Max like any used car salesman who'd screw their dying mother. I walked away from them and bought from another dealer. Telling that salesman he lost the sale, arguable, could have been the highlight of buying my boat.

Good luck. Bargain hard.

+1 I had zero luck dealing with their store at Lake of the Ozarks. They definitely want to come off as a low pressure, no haggle dealer. I didn't find them to be that.

Do your homework, everything for sale is up for negotiation.

I internet shopped around a 5 state area for my 2012 Harris. MarineMax at the Lake of the Ozarks had the best price. I believe I did well with my price but in the boat market you never know...

2012 Harris 240 Cruiser Tritoon
Mercury Verado 150
Ski Bar / Rough Water Package
Trailer

$29,900

I am looking at a Harris as well, but there are so few dealers for them and those I do find are MarineMax, so it's difficult to shop around for price.

I bought my Premier from Marine Max in Rogers, Mn. They did real good. From what they wanted and what I offered, we met about in the middle. Then they surprised me and paid me for driving 300 plus miles to see it, and bring it home. $250.00! Then, when I was getting ready to pull out the drive, the salesman gave me a card and told me to fill up both the truck and the boat with gas. The truck took 93 octane and so did the boat! That was another $165 to fill them both. I was very pleased. Not finished... Two weeks later I got an email telling me to go buy 2 batteries of my choice, up to $200 because they did not replace them during the pre-inspection. I just had to email a copy of my receipt and they promptly reimbursed me. I never felt better about buying a boat, especially after my experience with Broken Arrow (now out of business) in Lake of the Ozarks, when I TRIED to buy my Manitou. That's another story, for another day!